If you're buying used, it is because you are getting them from law students who just want some cash as opposed to bookstores/publishers. If the book is new, it is a scam of some sort (considering all new books are going to cost virtually the same).

On a scale of zero to internet, his 'attitude' was maybe a 0.6. Chill.

Lol thanks. I wasn't trying to be a jerk OP, I was just explaining why it was so cheap. I was also just surprised you have made it to LS without discovering that Amazon sells shit ridiculously cheap. Sorry my amusement came across as "attitude."